Manufacturing Intranet
Overview
- A central hub for plant floor updates, safety alerts, training resources, and production tools
- Provides quick access to ISO 9001 resources, SOPs, work instructions, preventive maintenance schedules, and equipment manuals
- Includes a count-up timer showing days since the last accident to reinforce safety culture
- Keeps employees informed with rotating news, announcements, and shift updates
- Includes employee recognition, team spotlights, and events to boost morale
- Department links and KPI dashboards: connect employees to team sites and key production and quality metrics
Benefits
- Safety front and center: a real-time accident-free counter strengthens safety culture every shift
- Communication across teams: production, quality, engineering, and maintenance all see the same updates
- Less time searching: SOPs, work instructions, and equipment documents are quick to find
- Alerts and training in one place: centralized safety alerts, updates, and required training keep everyone current
- Operational visibility: real-time KPIs and quality metrics right on the homepage
- Engagement on the floor: the Employee of the Month spotlight and plant events sit right on the homepage
Common Questions About This Manufacturing Intranet
What is this manufacturing intranet built with?
The design uses only standard SharePoint web parts – News, Events, Countdown Timer, Image, and Text – combined with a custom theme, custom fonts, an extended header, flexible sections, and audience targeting. The accident-free counter is the standard Countdown Timer web part configured to count up. There is no custom code and no third-party tools – the kind of clean, maintainable intranet Greg Zelfond builds for manufacturing companies.
What’s included on the manufacturing intranet homepage?
The homepage includes rotating news and shift updates, safety alerts, a count-up timer showing days since the last accident, quick links to ISO 9001 resources, SOPs, work instructions, preventive maintenance schedules, and equipment manuals, department site links, featured resources, a KPI dashboard, an events calendar, and an employee of the month spotlight to keep recognition and safety culture front and center.
Does this design use any custom code or third-party tools?
No. Everything on this page is out-of-the-box SharePoint. That matters on a plant floor: the intranet stays stable and secure, nothing breaks when Microsoft pushes updates, and IT never has to maintain custom add-ons. Out-of-the-box is the only way Greg builds – it keeps the intranet easy to own long after the project is done.
Can this design be customized for our manufacturing company?
Absolutely. The theme colors, logo, fonts, quick links, and dashboard metrics are all tailored to your operation. Greg adapts the layout to your plants and teams – production, quality, engineering, maintenance, and logistics – and organizes your SOPs, work instructions, and ISO or other certification resources the way your auditors and quality system expect to find them.
Will this manufacturing intranet work on mobile devices?
Yes. SharePoint pages are responsive by default, so the intranet works in a browser or the SharePoint mobile app on any phone or tablet. That is a real advantage for supervisors walking the floor and for frontline workers without desks, who can check safety alerts, SOPs, and shift updates from a shared kiosk or their own device.
Can Greg build this manufacturing intranet for our company?
Yes – this is exactly the kind of work Greg Zelfond does. As an independent SharePoint consultant and Microsoft MVP, he designs and builds out-of-the-box intranets like this one for manufacturing and industrial companies. He handles the design, structure, and rollout so your team gets a polished intranet without custom code. Reach out through the contact page to get started.
